EVANS v. HOOK

Record No. 880654.

387 S.E.2d 777 (1990)

Richard W. EVANS v. Richard D. HOOK.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Giordano (Thomas B. Shuttleworth, Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Giordano & Kahle, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellant.

Thomas O. Lawson (Laurie E. Forbes, Lawson, Kipp & Forbes, Fairfax, on brief), for appellee.

Virginia Society of the American Institute of Arbitrators (Murray H. Wright; William L. Thurston, Francis E. Telegadas, Wright, Robinson, McCammon, Osthimer & Tatum), Richmond, for appellee, amicus curiae.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, WHITING and LACY, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


WHITING, Justice.

In this action at law, we decide whether a sole proprietor, who is a contractor on an owner's job but has no employees, can claim statutory immunity from common-law liability to a worker injured on the same job, under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.

William J. Page, James L. Page, Walter R. Page, and Lawrence J. Page formed a general partnership known as Page-Holland Partnership (the partnership) for the purpose of acquiring, owning...

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